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Jennifer Lynch, daughter of cult film auteur David Lynch, made her auspicious directorial debut in 1993 with cult classic Boxing Helena. She was the youngest American woman to direct a feature film, and after that she took an extended hiatus. Fifteen years later, a recovering addict and hard-working single mother, Lynch returns to the director's chair with an ambitious project that will test her skills and the entire crew's sanity. Despite the Gods brings us behind the scenes on the set of Lynch's Bollywood/Hollywood action film about a man-eating snake goddess. In the spirit of LOST IN LA MANCHA and OVERNIGHT, Penny Vozniak, friend of one of the producers hired on to do behind-the-scenes on HISSS, ended up chronicling Lynch slowly losing her grip over a much-extended eight-month shoot.

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• Official Selection Atlanta Docufest
• Official Selection Chicago International Film Festival
• Official Selection Blue Mountains Film Festival
• Official Selection Arizona Underground Film Festival
• Official Selection MOTELx Festival Internacional de Cinema de Terror de Lisboa
• Official Selection Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
• Official Selection Imagine Film Festival
• Official Selection Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival
• Official Selection Byron Bay International Film Festival
• Official Selection Matadero Madrid
• Official Selection Brisbane Film Festival
• Official Selection Split Film Festival
• Official Selection Sydney Underground Film Festival
• Official Selection Sitges Film Festival
• Official Selection Stockholm International Film Festival
• Official Selection Raindance Film Festival
• Official Selection Melbourne Underground Film Festival
• Official Selection EBS International Documentary Festival
• Official Selection Fantasia Film Festival
• Official Selection Sydney International Film Festival
• Official Selection Dungog Film Festival
• Official Selection Skyline Indie Film Festival
• Official Selection Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
• Official Selection Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
• Official Selection DC Independent Film Festival

Press Quotes

David Lynch's filmmaker daughter, Jennifer, proves a natural on-camera talent

     —Hollywood Reporter

highly entertaining portrait of Lynch as an artist and single mother living through the despairing lows and exhilarating highs of filming on the subcontinent.

     —Variety

Despite the Gods is a joy from start to finish

     —Grolsch Film Works

Despite the Gods is essential viewing for any filmmaker

     —Films and Moving Pictures

Lynch is the beating, empathic heart of the film, an endearing combination of raw emotional honesty and self-deprecating humor.

     —Indie Wire

Simply a wonderful film

     —Toronto Independent Film Examiner

Despite The Gods is destined to be a classic

     —Rue Morgue

Despite The Gods is now free to take its place alongside films like LOST IN LA MANCHA, and OVERNIGHT- examining just how quickly a production can spiral out of control.

     —Arrow in the Head

A Must See!

     —Indie Outlook

A No-Holds Barred Look at behind the scenes... Engaging

     —Popcorn Conversations